A database of more than 123,000 words from Taylor Swift's songs has revealed recurring patterns in her lyrics, including colours, body parts, clothing and hypothetical scenarios.

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is ...

The song phrases of many songbird species follow patterns that are similar to those used in human speech, researchers have found. At least in some respects. If you listen to songbirds, you will ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth. It's also among the loudest. "Sound is a vital mode of communication in the ocean environment, especially over long distances," said William Oestreich, a ...